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Definition of attachment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

attachment

noun
 
/əˈtætʃmənt/
 
/əˈtætʃmənt/
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  1. [countable] (computing) a document that you send to somebody using email
    • No attachment was included.
    Collocations Email and the internetEmail and the internetEmail
    • receive/​get/​open an email
    • write/​send/​answer/​forward/​delete an email
    • check/​read/​access your email
    • block/​filter (out) junk/​spam/​unsolicited email
    • exchange email addresses
    • open/​check your inbox
    • junk mail fills/​floods/​clogs your inbox
    • have/​set up an email account
    • open/​send/​contain an attachment
    • sign up for/​receive email alerts
    Connecting to the internet
    • use/​access/​log onto the internet/​the Web
    • go online/​on the internet
    • have a high-speed/​broadband/​wireless (internet) connection
    • access/​connect to/​locate the server
    • use/​open/​close/​launch a/​your web browser
    • browse/​surf/​search/​scour the internet/​the Web
    • send/​contain/​spread/​detect a(n) (computer/​email) virus
    • update your anti-virus software
    • install/​use/​configure a firewall
    • accept/​enable/​block/​delete cookies
    Using the internet
    • visit/​check a website/​an internet site/​somebody’s blog
    • create/​design/​launch a website/​social networking site
    • start/​write/​post/​read a blog
    • update your blog/​a website
    • be in/​meet somebody in/​go into/​enter an internet chat room
    • download/​upload music/​software/​a song/​a podcast/​a file/​a copy of something
    • share information/​data/​files
    • post a comment/​message on a(n) website/​online message board/​web forum/​internet chat room
    • stream video/​audio/​music/​content over the internet
    • join/​participate in/​visit/​provide a(n) (web-based/​web/​online/​internet/​discussion) forum
    • generate/​increase/​monitor internet traffic
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • email
    • unsolicited
    • infected
    verb + attachment
    • include
    • send
    • open
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  2. [uncountable, countable] the act of joining one thing to another; a thing that joins two things together
    • All cars have points for the attachment of safety restraints.
    • attachment of something to something They discussed the attachment of new conditions to the peace plans.
    • attachment to something They had to check the strength of the seat attachments to the floor of the plane.
  3. [countable, uncountable] attachment (to somebody) a feeling of love for somebody/something
    • a child’s strong attachment to its parents
    • Prisoners can develop attachments to their guards.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • close
    • deep
    • passionate
    verb + attachment
    • feel
    • have
    • develop
    preposition
    • attachment to
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  4. [countable, uncountable] attachment (to something) belief in and support for an idea or a set of values
    • the popular attachment to democratic government
  5. [countable] a tool that you can fix onto a machine, to make it do another job
    • an electric drill with a range of different attachments
  6. [countable, uncountable] (British English) a short time spent working with an organization such as a hospital, school or part of the armed forces
    • a 4-month training attachment
    • on attachment (to something) She's on attachment to the local hospital.
  7. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘arrest for contempt of court’): from Old French attachement, from atachier ‘fasten, fix’ or estachier, based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake ‘post’.
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